Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.C. Farmers Receiving Assistance for Last Year’s Flood Damage Claims
Aug 23 2005 // North Carolina farmers who suffered flooding losses from last year’s hurricanes will soon receive disaster-assistance grants from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The checks issued...
Claims History Model Act Now in Hands of State Legislators
Aug 22 2005 // NCOIL Model Addresses Use of Claims, Inquiries in Underwriting Homeowners Consumers who initiate a homeowners insurance claim but never receive payment could find that single incident may be used by their insurer to cancel...
Zodiac Underwriting Guide to Drivers
Aug 22 2005 // Affable Aquarius (21 January – 19 February) The gentle qualities of Aquarius are reflective in an average claims record on all counts. The Aquarian drivers consider themselves sensible, responsible and...
News Briefs
Aug 22 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Health Insurance Rates Rising: The state’s largest health insurers say most Massachusetts companies and their workers will see increases of 10 percent or more in their health insurance premiums...
Born to File Claims: Driving Behavior is Written in the Stars
Aug 22 2005 // Many people turn to the stars for direction in matters of money, love and happiness. Now, according to a survey conducted by Prudential Car Insurance in the United Kingdom, it appears that the zodiac may also play a role...
AIG Denies Claims Fraud Charges by Consortium of Reinsurers
Aug 22 2005 // A group of 18 insurers is suing American International Group and bankrupt fronting company Trenwick America Reinsurance Corp. for allegedly scheming to collect as much as $73 million in what the insurers claim are...
Who makes the most insurance claims?
Aug 22 2005 // In order of claim frequency: OVERALL Scorpio Aries Virgo Aquarius Taurus Libra Pisces Sagittarius Gemini ACCIDENTAL...
People
Aug 22 2005 // Atlanta-based Crawford & Co. has appointed Stephen Pratt vice president of Carrier Relations, Quality and Technical Claims; and David A. Lee has been named manager of its Little Rock, Ark., Claims Management Services...
News Briefs
Aug 22 2005 // ALABAMA Hurricane Sales Tax Measure Dies An effort was mounted during Alabama Legislature meetings to grant a sales tax break on necessary supplies to prepare for a hurricane but the measure did not pass. Its sponsor Rep....
Marcus Humphrey
Aug 22 2005 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP (MHBT), based in Dallas, recently named Marcus Humphrey vice president and leader of the firm’s Employee Benefits group. As vice president, Humphrey’s primary responsibilities...
Claims History Model Act Now in Hands of State Legislators
Aug 22 2005 // Consumers who initiate a homeowners insurance claim but never receive payment could find that single incident may be used by their insurer to cancel their policy, or raise their premium, under a new claims history model...
Bare market for residential
Aug 22 2005 // As construction development in the United States reaches an all time peak, with overall spending up 7.5 percent in 2005 compared to 2004, agents and brokers writing contractor business are having a tough time locating...
Fla. Officials Park Auto Fraud Ring
Aug 18 2005 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher on Thursday announced the arrests of 10 people in a staged accident ring that involved 15 different medical clinics fraudulently billing auto insurers more than a...
Citing Anti-Fraud Success, Mass. Auto Insurers Seek Small Rate Cut
Aug 12 2005 // Citing a drop in claims, the Automobile Insurers Bureau of Massachusetts filed its proposal for 2006 personal auto insurance rates with the Commissioner of Insurance Julianne Bowler on behalf of insurance companies. The...
Bills to Be Heard Next Week in Calif. Legislature
Aug 12 2005 // The Association of California Insurance Companies has released their weekly bill roundup. The following bills that will be heard next week in the California Legislature: Senate Appropriations Committee – Aug. 15 AB...
NAMIC: State Actions Render Proposed NAIC Claims History Model “Irrelevant”
Aug 9 2005 // Creating a model act to establish a property claim history database would be “irrelevant,” given legislative action that has already occurred in the states wrote the National Association of Mutual Insurance...
ACIC’s Releases Special Insurance-Related Legislative Roundup
Aug 8 2005 // This is the Association of California Insurance Companies special report on the status of significant insurance-related bills that are awaiting action by the Legislature. Lawmakers return from their month-long summer...
Alabama’s Healthy Market Impresses Commissioner Bell
Aug 8 2005 // Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell described his state’s insurance market as “impressive” and as a “healthy market, trending upward,” during the Alabama Independent Insurance...
Alabama’s Healthy Market Impresses Commissioner Bell
Aug 8 2005 // Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell described his state’s insurance market as “impressive” and as a “healthy market, trending upward,” during the Alabama Independent Insurance...
Medical Treatment for Similar Auto Crash Injuries Varies from State to State, Industry Study Reports
Aug 8 2005 // Auto injury claimants from four states seek different types of medical treatment, even though they report similar injuries, according to a study of insurance claims by the Insurance Research Council. The study examined...
